Improvement in corsets



M. (JOHN,

Corset.

No. 217,512. Patented July 15, I879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORITZ OOHN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217,512, dated July 15,1879; appdcation filed November 11, 1878.

attain in such corsets certain desirable features never heretoforeattained in a-woven or othercorsct, except by the employment of hand ormachine stitching.

The desirability of lateral or horizontal stifi ening across the tops ofthe breast portions of corsets has long been recognized, and to attainthat result woven corsets have heretofore had the upper front portionsthereof turned over and stitched to form pockets for the reception ofbones, 850., and sewed corsets have also had similar pockets formed bystitching two pieces of fabric together at intervals.

My invention consists in a Woven corset having across the upper portionsof its swell or breast fronts transverse integral woven pockets forbones or other stiifenin g material.

My corsets may or may not be provided with vertical pockets below thetransverse pockets and at right angles thereto, said vertical pocketsforming no portion of my present inven tion. v

To more particularly describe my invention,

I will refer to the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 represents, in front View, a corset embodying myinvention. Figs. 2 and 3 rep-,

resent the transverse integral woven pockets in section.

The swell-fronts A, com monly called breastgores, are, in their generalform and construction, substantially as heretofore, and I haveillustrated my invention in connection with a woven corset having thevertical woven pockets c as heretofore made.

The transverse pockets B across the tops of the breast-fron ts,considered solely as pockets, are not new, as they have heretofore beenformed by the stitching of one separate fabric upon another, or bystitching the same fabric upon itself. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3,however, they are novel in that they are absolutely integral with themain body of the fabric, the

filling-threads 6 thereof not only co-operating with the warp in weavingthe solid fabric F, but also the two walls of the "ertical pockets 0.The number of these transverse pockets may be varied according to thesize and character of the corset.

The advantages due to the integral woven transverse pockets, as comparedwith the stitched transverse pockets heretofore well known, are thenon-liability of any breaking away, as is common to stitching, and theeconomy dueto the obviation of the subsequent manipulation for theirformation afterleavin g the loom, and also, instead of being liable tobe varied in their form and dimensions, as when stitched, they are, whenwoven integrally, absolutely uniform, because predetermined by themechanism in weaving.

Haviugthus described inyinvention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters'Patent-- A woven corset having across the upper portion ofthe breast-fronts transverse integral woven pockets, substantially asdescribed.

MORITZ (JOHN.

Witnesses JAMES J. HANNAN, LEON S. COHEN.

